A very short slide-show overview of a ZUMspot with Pi-Star software/image running on a Raspberry Pi – An open-source multi-protocol UHF HAM Radio HotSpot. Protocol support for DMR, D-Star, System Fusion (YSF), P-25 and NXDN. Click below for slide-show.
First look and hardware install of the ICOM UT-137 Bluetooth unit for the D-Star ICOM ID-4100A Radio. This will allow the remote controlling of the ID-4100 from an iPhone/Android or PC using Bluetooth and associated client application.
Since the State of Texas requires front license plates like it or not I had to put one on.
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Details on installing a Yaesu FTM-400XDR in a 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor pickup
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The Elecraft KX2 is a marvelous tiny radio – I have done several upgrades to it including SideKX Panels and matching cover. The latest update is an upgrade to the plastic VFO knob. Below is a VFO knob kit I found on eBay for around $25 bux (free shipping) Complete with allen wrench for an easy install.
Received my Official ARRL 2016 NPOTA Chaser Award confirming 55 NPS units worked during the 2016 National Parks On The Air (NPOTA) event. See below for a few galleries of some of my activations – some of those activations I was able to chase other parks.
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I got to volunteer as a shadow to the Relay Coordinator supporting the 2016 BMW Dallas Marathon. I needed a higher power radio setup that I could temporally install in a late model Tahoe complete with APRS support. I setup a Yaesu 400DR, and ran APRS on VFO-B. Mounting the raido on a 11X17 cutting board allowed me to temporally hang the entire setup off the back of the driver or passenger seat with a 5/8 wave mag-mounted antenna for “portable mobile” use. This setup was very easy to setup in under 2min time and if needed would have been able to move to another vehicle or operate from fixed location for an extended period of time using the 12 volt 10Ahr battery. The control head had a RAM-Mount ball and could be either mounted to the cutting board or on a window RAM-Ball mount for easy viewing. I extended the mic connection with a 15” length of flat-satin cable with 6 pin RJ-12 connectors straight thru. The setup worked really well and I ran it for over 7hours. Looking forward to next year. Continue reading “Volunteering Support: 2016 BMW Dallas Marathon”
Just in time for the 2016 Holidays here is a Tytera MD-390GPS unboxed. A short video and some photos of the newer “water proof” DMR Tytera MD-390GPS kit. A complete kit with charger and base, programming cable/usb, ear-bud with PTT, 2200mHa LiOn Battery and clip along with 2 antennas.
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